United States National Museum North-East Range Search this
Arts and Industries Building Northeast Range Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
1930
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Photos of this hall are also located in SIA Record Unit 95, Box 50, Folder 12. . See Neg. #s 2964, 14776, 18996, 18999,19002, 31357, 32493-C, SIA2007-0129 and SIA2009-0435 (#2598) for other views of the Hall over time.
Summary:
The Water Transportation Hall, also known as "Boat Hall," located in the Northeast Range of the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. Canoes are hung from the ceiling. Models of boats can be seen exhibited along the wall. Haida canoes can be seen at the bottom right. The exhibit was on view from 1881 when the building opened through the late 1960s.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 10
